MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511191200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511191200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 20 NOV 25 Station: 35.1,-97.3 Latitude: 35.10 Longitude: -97.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 130 SFC 976 338 18.7 18.2 97 0.5 18.4 178 6 293.9 296.3 292.4 332.7 13.62 2 950 573 21.8 18.8 83 3.0 19.7 193 22 299.3 302.0 294.7 341.6 14.51 3 900 1042 18.4 17.0 91 1.5 17.4 204 23 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.5 13.63 4 850 1530 15.4 13.2 86 2.3 14.0 219 23 302.3 304.4 293.2 335.7 11.28 5 800 2042 11.9 8.3 79 3.6 9.7 245 20 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.7 8.64 6 750 2579 8.6 4.1 74 4.4 6.1 243 21 305.9 307.1 290.7 326.7 6.86 7 700 3148 6.4 -3.3 50 9.6 1.7 242 23 309.6 310.4 289.7 323.0 4.30 8 650 3750 1.9 -8.6 46 10.5 -2.7 241 28 311.1 311.6 289.0 320.8 3.06 9 600 4389 -3.6 -8.9 67 5.2 -5.8 244 30 311.9 312.5 289.5 322.3 3.26 10 550 5070 -8.6 -16.0 55 7.4 -11.1 252 36 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.5 2.00 11 500 5801 -13.5 -16.4 79 2.9 -14.5 255 46 316.6 317.0 289.9 323.6 2.12 12 450 6595 -18.4 -21.2 79 2.8 -19.1 252 50 320.2 320.5 290.4 325.5 1.57 13 400 7466 -23.1 -25.8 79 2.7 -23.7 245 67 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.17 14 350 8430 -30.0 -33.7 70 3.7 -30.6 237 79 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.63 15 300 9509 -38.6 -43.3 61 4.7 -39.0 239 86 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.28 16 250 10736 -47.2 -50.9 65 3.7 -47.4 243 94 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.14 17 200 12180 -56.4 -64.2 37 7.8 -56.6 245 105 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 13968 -64.0 -80.5 9 16.5 -64.1 252 82 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16420 -68.2 -87.3 5 19.1 -68.2 248 44 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.22 m Freezing level: 633.15 mb = 3965.67 m = 13010.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.85 mb = 3373.42 m = 11067.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.50 mb = 397.41 m = 1303.81 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1333.96 m = 4376.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1492.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.78 mb = 1053.07 m = 3454.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.78 mb = 1692.70 m = 5553.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.78 mb = 11452.92 m = 37574.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1487.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.78 mb = 15129.58 m = 49637.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 159.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 25.04 Bulk Shear: 59.59 m/s